Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-06-09
IOWA CONDENSER.

and the Others tried TO rescue him.
All the prisoners confined in the county
jail at Keokuk-Louis Mckinney, for
,obbing the United States Express office
Albert johnson and Charles Leiden.
meyer, for robbing the postofiice at York.
towa-escaped by saving out Saturday
evening. Mckinney has been caught
Herndon has six gas wells spouting.
The Journal remarks for the cdificaton
Of rivals that Sioux City proposes to be
the first city in Iowa
Muscatine buns are for the first time
grouping in wilderness Of prohibition.
The last brewery has been corked
Real estate transfers in Sioux City and
Woodbury. county during the past five
months amounted to four and half
million dollars.
During the last term of court at Musca-
tine the city was mulcted in the sum of
So, 800, as damages for injuries caused by
defective sidewalks.
A great lawsuit has been commenced
by the Westinghouse car.brake company
against the Carpenter car-brake company
for Infringement of patent. The suit
rises out of the exhibition of air-brakes
near Burlington the past three weeks.
The Muscatine Rifles, upon their return
from the National drill, were met by
delegation of citizens and brass band
and presented with purse to defray the
expenses of their trip.
The grand jury at Sioux City have re.
turned indictments against all keepers of
''holes in the WALL that have been fined
in the justice courts during the past three
months. Constable Curtis, who was ar
rested for robbery in the seizure Of beer
on the Franz Brewing Company's wagon,
waived examination and his case was dis
missed by the grand jury after ten minutes
consideration. .. ....
On the evening of June 3, annie Nc
Afee, well known billiardist. while suf-
fering from temporary arrangement, at
Minneapolis, jumped from third-story
window and was badly injured. His
relatives live in Davenport, Iowa.
The residence Of Chas. Z. Putnam, in
West Davenport. was totally destroyed by
fire on the afternoon of June 3, the family
being absent and two domestics in charge.
The library was one of the largest private
libraries in Iowa, and thousands Of the
choicest books and papers were burned
About all the valuable correspondence,
unpublished articles and other work in
manuscript of the distinguished scientist,
]. Duncan Putnam, were consumed. Mr.
Putnam places his loss at 5000, one.
half being on the library. The insurance
is $1,000.
Peter Ryan, whose second trial for the
murder of Claus Klecver was ended re-
Gently, was sentenced to Imprisonment
for seventeen years. His original SEN
tence was for twenty years, but as he
had already served nearly three years of
the sentence, Judge Loofborow made it
even seventeen years.
A barn belonging to Ira Hanson was
burned at Oelwein on the night of May
30th. The building was completely de-
stroyed ;also the contents. Two valuable
stations were burned to death. The fire
is supposed to have been incendiary.
There is, however, no clue. The loss is
$4,000 partly covered by insurance.
Mrs. ]. FL. Duffy, en- route from Farley
| to Omaha, crawled out of the water clos
ct in q car when the train was running at
full orood hotwoan Codar Rop;do and
Fairfax June end. A special with twelve
men were sent out and hunted for three
hours without finding any trace of her.
Judge Ney, of the District court at
| Dubuque, took new tack on the saloon
Injunction cases. He modified his for.
mer position by announcing that without
awaiting the decision OF the Supreme
court he would hear the cases against
those saloonkeepers who have been in
business since the prohibitory law took
effect, and that the cases against the
others would certainly be established If
it were proved that even before the
prohibitory law took effect they had sold
whisky. 4 ~
A rousing railroad meeting was held at
Sioux City, June 2. to consider the pos
sibility Of voting two per cent tax to
aid the building of the Sioux City s.
Northwestern railroad, extending from
Sioux City to Livemore and tapping the
Rock Island system, and also aiding the
building of line north to Marshall,
MINI. Speeches were make by leading
citizens. Sioux City will put forth uni
ted efforts to secure direct connection with
New York and the north.
twenty-five thousand dollars has been
pledged in Grinnell to secure the county
against loss in the removal of the county
seat to Grinnell from Montezuma.
The bar convention Of the Seventh Jul
dicial District held at Davenport, nomin-
ated Hon. Charles M. Waterman for ap.
pointment by the Governor as successor
of the late Judge John N. Rodgers. 1t
| is known that the governor will confirm
the conventions choice. Mr.. Waterman
is a Republican and an OK member of the
State legislature.
The Independent Order Of Reformed
Soaks is spreading rapidly throughout the
State. The rigid enforcement of prohibit
ton made unity of action necessary to
secure an eye-opener occasionally. A
correspondent describes their mystic
methods thus: TN order to get suthin
soothin' the boys have to go around be-
hind a shoe store, crawl over a BARREL
under dray, dive through back yard
and give several distinct knocks at cellar
door, where, after giving hailing sign
and taking an oath, they are allowed to
pay fifteen cents drinklfor some fearful
poor whisky" ri
The Burlington Odd Fellows have dedi-
Gated their new building. The property
cost $40, 600 and is one of the finest edit.
ces in the city.
The board of trustees of the agricultur
al college at Ames has rendered the posi-
ton of professor Of agriculture to Prof.
r. NJ Shelton, who for several years held